Common resources are overused because:

a) the marginal private benefit will always exceed the marginal social cost
b) the marginal social benefit is not taken into consideration by producers
c) social costs are controlled by quotas
d) the social costs outweigh the private costs


Ans: a) the marginal private benefit will always exceed the marginal social cost

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